Wan 2.5 Preview (Text-to-Video)

This documentation is valid for the following list of our models:

  • alibaba/wan2.5-t2v-preview

This text-to-video model generates videos up to 1080p and can voice a character with full lip-sync by providing dialogue directly in the prompt parameter.

Setup your API Key

If you don’t have an API key for the AI/ML API yet, feel free to use our Quickstart guide.

How to Make a Call

Step-by-Step Instructions

Generating a video using this model involves sequentially calling two endpoints:

  • The first one is for creating and sending a video generation task to the server (returns a generation ID).

  • The second one is for requesting the generated video from the server using the generation ID received from the first endpoint.

Below, you can find two corresponding API schemas and examples for both endpoint calls.

Full Example: Generating and Retrieving the Video From the Server

The code below creates a video generation task, then automatically polls the server every 10 seconds until it finally receives the video URL.

import requests
import time

# Insert your AIML API Key instead of <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>:
aimlapi_key = "<YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>"
base_url = "https://api.aimlapi.com/v2"


# Creating and sending a video generation task to the server
def generate_video():
    url = f"{base_url}/generate/video/alibaba/generation"
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {aimlapi_key}", 
    }

    data = {
        "model": "alibaba/wan2.5-t2v-preview",
        "prompt": '''
        A racoon is happily eating an ice cream. Suddenly, he pauses, looks directly into the camera, and says with full confidence: "Hello, two-legged!" His lip movements perfectly match the speech. Then, in a strong Irish accent, he adds: "Wanna some?" — while extending the half-eaten ice cream toward the camera.
        ''',
        "resolution": "1080p"
    }
 
    response = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=headers)
    
    if response.status_code >= 400:
        print(f"Error: {response.status_code} - {response.text}")
    else:
        response_data = response.json()
        return response_data
    

# Requesting the result of the task from the server using the generation_id
def get_video(gen_id):
    url = f"{base_url}/generate/video/alibaba/generation"
    params = {
        "generation_id": gen_id,
    }
    
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {aimlapi_key}", 
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
        }

    response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
    return response.json()


def main():
     # Running video generation and getting a task id
    gen_response = generate_video()
    gen_id = gen_response.get("id")
    print("Generation ID:  ", gen_id)

    # Trying to retrieve the video from the server every 10 sec
    if gen_id:
        start_time = time.time()

        timeout = 1000
        while time.time() - start_time < timeout:
            response_data = get_video(gen_id)

            if response_data is None:
                print("Error: No response from API")
                break
        
            status = response_data.get("status")
            print("Status:", status)

            if status == "waiting" or status == "active" or  status == "queued" or status == "generating":
                print("Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.")
                time.sleep(10)
            else:
                print("Processing complete:/n", response_data)
                return response_data
   
        print("Timeout reached. Stopping.")
        return None     


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()
Response
{'id': '8736603f-7944-42b6-8a3b-8b2c1e246c34:alibaba/wan2.5-t2v-preview', 'status': 'queued', 'meta': {'usage': {'tokens_used': 1050000}}}
Generation ID:   8736603f-7944-42b6-8a3b-8b2c1e246c34:alibaba/wan2.5-t2v-preview
Status: generating
Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.
Status: generating
Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.
Status: generating
Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.
Status: generating
Still waiting... Checking again in 10 seconds.
Status: completed
Processing complete:/n {'id': '8736603f-7944-42b6-8a3b-8b2c1e246c34:alibaba/wan2.5-t2v-preview', 'status': 'completed', 'video': {'url': 'https://dashscope-result-sh.oss-accelerate.aliyuncs.com/1d/e9/20250927/3c240a55/8736603f-7944-42b6-8a3b-8b2c1e246c34.mp4?Expires=1759007661&OSSAccessKeyId=LTAI5tKPD3TMqf2Lna1fASuh&Signature=L67uOyWei9u9WcvvY570igR8olU%3D'}}

Processing time: ~3 min.

Generated Video (1920x1080, with sound):

'''A raccoon is happily eating an ice cream. Suddenly, he pauses, looks directly into the camera, and says with full confidence: "Hello, two-legged!" His lip movements perfectly match the speech. Then, in a strong Irish accent, he adds: "Wanna some?" — while extending the half-eaten ice cream toward the camera.'''

API Schemas

Video Generation

This endpoint creates and sends a video generation task to the server — and returns a generation ID.

post
Authorizations
Body
modelundefined · enumRequiredPossible values:
promptstring · min: 1 · max: 800Required

The text description of the scene, subject, or action to generate in the video.

aspect_ratiostring · enumOptional

The aspect ratio of the generated video.

Default: 16:9Possible values:
resolutionstring · enumOptional

An enumeration where the short side of the video frame determines the resolution.

Default: 720pPossible values:
negative_promptstringOptional

The description of elements to avoid in the generated video.

enable_prompt_expansionbooleanOptional

Whether to enable prompt expansion.

Default: true
seedintegerOptional

Varying the seed integer is a way to get different results for the same other request parameters. Using the same value for an identical request will produce similar results. If unspecified, a random number is chosen.

Responses
201Success

No content

post
POST /v2/generate/video/alibaba/generation HTTP/1.1
Host: api.aimlapi.com
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 161

{
  "model": "alibaba/wan2.5-t2v-preview",
  "prompt": "text",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "resolution": "720p",
  "negative_prompt": "text",
  "enable_prompt_expansion": true,
  "seed": 1
}
201Success

No content

Fetch the video

After sending a request for video generation, this task is added to the queue. This endpoint lets you check the status of a video generation task using its id, obtained from the endpoint described above. If the video generation task status is complete, the response will include the final result — with the generated video URL and additional metadata.

get
Authorizations
Query parameters
generation_idstringRequired
Responses
200Success

No content

get
GET /v2/generate/video/alibaba/generation HTTP/1.1
Host: api.aimlapi.com
Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_AIMLAPI_KEY>
Accept: */*
200Success

No content

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